In third place as my favorite Jane Austen novel: Sense and Sensibility.
I will be perfectly honest. I saw the 1995 movie before I read the book.
That is why it is so high on my list.
The movie has Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson, two of my favorite actresses and the glorious Alan Rickman.
I will try to stick to the actual book, but there may be some intermingling.
The story focuses on sisters Elinor and Marianne.
They are essentially the "Sense" and "sensibility". Elinor being the wise, prim and proper sister and Marianne being the passionate and impulsive one.
By doing everything right Elinor gets the man she loves and lives happily ever after.
Here is what seems odd. Marianne is overly spirited in comparison to every other character but does she not deserve a nice ending? She does not get to marry the man she fell in love with, so, after giving up on life and almost dying she just gives up and marries Colonel Brandon.
Everyone else thinks its a wonderful match but does Marianne?
It is like she settled for him because he loved her and her friends and family kept pushing her.
At least in the movie the Colonel is played by the solemn but sexy Alan Rickman.
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The characters that do not get enough credit are Mrs. Jennings and her daughter Mrs. Palmer.
They are the main comedic characters but they are genuinely good people.
I understand why Marianne doesn't like them, they are rather nosy and in your face.
Still all they want is to befriend them
Lucy Steele, on the other-hand, is a conniving bitch
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I really like this book. But it benefits from having a good movie counterpart.
A movie full a great actors and the story staying close to the original material.
There are a few characters omitted in the movie, like Miss Steele and Lady Middleton, but it doesn't take anything away from it.
On a side note, the actor who played Marianne's love interest Willoughby (Greg Wise) married Emma Thompson (Elinor) in real life.
Love it
~Eris
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